ἐπώνυμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpo.ni.mos/
Adjective
ἐπώνῠμος • (epṓnŭmos) m or f (neuter ἐπώνῠμον); second declension
- named in a significant manner, with a significant name
- surnamed
- concerning giving one's name to something
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπώνῠμος epṓnŭmos |
ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnŭmoi |
ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnŭ́mou |
ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnŭ́mou |
ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin |
ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin |
ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnŭ́mōn |
ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnŭ́mōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnŭ́mōi |
ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnŭ́mōi |
ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin |
ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin |
ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnŭ́mois |
ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnŭ́mois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon |
ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπωνῠ́μους epōnŭ́mous |
ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπώνῠμε epṓnŭme |
ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō |
ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnŭmoi |
ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπωνῠ́μως epōnŭ́mōs |
ἐπωνῠμώτερος epōnŭmṓteros |
ἐπωνῠμώτᾰτος epōnŭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπωνυμίᾱ (epōnumíā)
Descendants
- Greek: επώνυμος (epónymos)
- Latin: eponymus
Further reading
- “ἐπώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπώνυμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπώνυμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπώνυμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.